Marlon Blackwell Architects

Renowned Fayetteville architect Marlon Blackwell is retiring from teaching at the University of Arkansas after 33 years, the school announced Monday. Blackwell was Distinguished Professor of Architecture and the E. Fay Jones Chair in Architecture in the Fay Jones School …

Arkansas Children’s Master Facilities Plan Owner: Arkansas Children’s Location: Little Rock and Springdale Valuation: $318M Start date: 2024 Completion date: 2026 Architect: Polk Stanley Wilcox and Cromwell Architects Engineers Construction Manager: Nabholz   Pinnacle View High School Owner: Little Rock …

Arkansas-based Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, which has offices in Little Rock and Fayetteville, has created a new endowed scholarship to support students in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. The firm’s $50,000 gift …

The Thaden School in Bentonville recently received the fifth Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize award. Designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, EskewDumezRipple and Andropogon Associates, the independent school opened in 2017 with support from the Walton Family Foundation to provide mission-driven …

Meryati Johari Blackwell, Partner/creative director Marlon Blackwell Architects Fayetteville It seemed preposterous that a person would come halfway around the world to study a field they know little or nothing about, but that is exactly how Meryati Johari Blackwell’s entry …

A bike path, an office, an artwork, a community center: Ledger, the world’s first bikeable building, boldly aims to be all of these and more. Envisioned as a “vibrant vertical neighborhood,” the 230,000-square-foot, six-story office building with three-quarters of a …

The world’s first-ever bikeable building with six stories of exterior switchbacks is expected to open before the end of the month in Downtown Bentonville. At 230,000 sq. ft., Ledger is designed to meet the community’s needs with more places to …

A new scholarship at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design has been created with the aim of increasing diversity in the architecture and design professions. Marlon and Ati Blackwell, co-principals of the Fayetteville-based Marlon Blackwell Architects, have committed …

A University of Arkansas professor has been named the 2020 SEC Professor of the Year. Southeastern Conference (SEC) Commissioner Greg Sankey announced on Monday, April 20, that Marlon Blackwell, an architecture professor at the University of Arkansas, has received the …

University of Arkansas architecture professor Marlon Blackwell has received the 2020 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects. The AI presents the Gold Medal annually to architects whose work has had a lasting impact on architecture – both the …